Doug Hensler, the business school dean since 2008, announced last week that he would be leaving Wichita State to become the provost at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. This was a story we first reported online.

Hensler shared his plans with colleagues via an email on April 12. Since then, he hasn’t spoken publicly about his decision to leave.

But we’ve learned that Wichita State doesn’t anticipate having a replacement in place until July 2014, in advance of the 2014-2015 school year.

Keith Pickus, WSU’s interim vice president for academic affairs, says searches are typically done during academic years, so the process to find Hensler’s replacement likely won’t start until the fall because this school year will be over in less than a month.

Dean selections at Wichita State are handled through the office of the vice president for academic affairs, formerly known as the provost’s office.

Pickus was to meet with WSU faculty members this week to start the process of selecting an interim dean of the Barton School. The hope, he says, is to have an interim dean in place by July, if not sooner.

Pickus wasn’t sure this week of an exact departure date for Hensler, who left a dean’s position at the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno, to come to Wichita, but he will be with Wichita State at least through May commencement.

Hensler replaced John Beehler, who resigned in July 2007 to become business dean at Northern Kentucky University.

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